Biographies

Mr. Laurent Leksell has served as Chairman of the Board of Directors of Elekta AB (publ) since September 3, 2013. Prior to this, he was Executive Member of the Company’s Board of Directors since 2005. He is also Chairman of Elekta's Executive Compensation & Capability Committee and Nomination Committee. Prior to this, between 1972 and 2005, he served as Chief Executive Officer, President and Member of the Board of Directors of the Company. He is Founder of the Company. Mr. Leksell was Chairman of the Board of Directors of Stockholm City Mission until June 2015 and is Chairman of the Board of Leksell Social Ventures. He also serves as Member of the Board of International Chamber of Commerce (ICC) and Stockholm School of Economics. He was Visiting Scholar at Harvard Business School, Assistant Professor and Faculty Member of Handelshogskolan i Stockholm, IFL and Insead Fontainebleau. He holds a Master of Business Administration degree and a Doctorate in Philosophy degree in Economics from Handelshogskolan i Stockholm.

Mr. Richard Hausmann has been appointed President and Chief Executive Officer and Member of the Executive Management at Elekta AB (publ) effective as of June 10, 2016. Hausmann has a Doctorate in Physics from the University of Regensburg (1988). He previously served in various positions at Siemens. He was President and CEO of Computed Tomography for the Siemens Medical Solutions Group and President and CEO of Siemens Ltd., among others. He also served at GE including as CEO and President for the Global MR Business for GE Healthcare Ltd. He was Industrial Advisor to EQT until end of April 2016.

Mr. Gustaf Salford has been appointed Chief Financial Officer and Executive Vice President, Member of the Executive Management at Elekta AB (publ) effective as of July 1, 2017. He has been employed at Elekta since 2009 and has since held a number of senior financial positions, latest as Head of Group Business Control. He holds a Master of Science in Business Administration from Handleshogskolan i Stockholm. He also has financial experience from Boston Consulting Group and Booz Allen Hamilton.

Mr. Steven (Steve) Wort has been Chief Operating Officer and Member of the Executive Management at Elekta AB (publ) since September 1, 2017. He joined the Company in 1991. He completed Senior Executive Program, London Business School; Post Graduate Diploma in Management, Southbank University, London.

Mr. Jonas Bolander has been General Counsel, Executive Vice President and Member of the Executive Management at Elekta AB (publ) since September 1, 2017. He has previously been Executive Vice President Legal and Compliance and Member of the Executive Management at Elekta AB (publ) since July 7, 2015. He joined the Company in 2001. He holds a Master of Laws from Stockholm University.

Ms. Karin Svenske Nyberg has been Executive Vice President Human Resources and Member of the Executive Management at Elekta AB (publ) since January 16, 2017. She holds M.Sc. in Chemical Engineering, Royal Institute of Technology, Stockholm, and Behavioral Science, Stockholm University.

Mr. Peter (Pete) Gaccione has been Executive Vice President Region North America and Member of the Executive Management at Elekta AB (publ) since June 1, 2017. He joined the Company in 1997. Pete Gaccione has recently been Senior Vice President Latin America at Elekta. During his 20 years at the company, he fulfilled leadership roles in global marketing, service and sales. Before joining Elekta, Gaccione worked for 15 years at Siemens Medical Systems in various roles of its oncology business, including Director Oncology Sales and Marketing. He holds Bachelor of Science in Electronic Engineering.

Mr. Anming Gong has been Executive Vice President Region China and Member of the Executive Management at Elekta AB (publ) since September 1, 2017. He joined the Company in 2009. He holds M.Sc. in Biomedical Engineering, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, China.

Mr. John Lapre has been appointed Chief Technology Officer and Member of the Executive Management at Elekta AB (publ) effective as of May 1, 2016. He no longer serves as Executive Vice President of Research and Innovation and Elekta Brachytherapy, Member of the Executive Management at the Company effective as of May 1, 2015. He has held this position since July 7, 2015. He no longer serves as Executive Vice President, Elekta Brachytherapy and Member of the Executive Management at the Company, effective as of July 7, 2015. He has held this position since June 5, 2012. Previously, he was Executive Vice President Research and Development Brachytherapty and Member of the Executive Management at the Company. He joined the Company in 2011 (Nucletron 2009). He holds a Master of Science degree in Human Nutrition and Physiology and Doctorate in Philosophy in Toxicology from Wageningen University.

Mr. Ioannis Panagiotelis has been Chief Marketing and Sales Officer, Member of the Executive Management at Elekta AB (publ) since August 23, 2017. He has previously been Chief Marketing Officer and Member of the Executive Management at Elekta AB (publ) since February 13, 2017. He holds M.Sc. in Medical Physics and a Ph.D. in Biomedical Physics and Bioengineering from the University of Aberdeen, and MBA from IESE Business School in Barcelona.

Mr. Maurits Wolleswinkel has been Head of Portfolio and Chief Strategy Officer and Member of the Executive Management at Elekta AB (publ) since February 13, 2017. He has previously been Executive Vice President Marketing and Strategy, and Member of the Executive Management at Elekta AB (publ) since July 7, 2015. He no longer serves as Member of the Executive Management and Executive Vice President, Elekta Neuroscience at the Company, effective as of July 7, 2015. He has held this position since August 1, 2014. He joined Elekta Brachytherapy in 2011 from Philips Healthcare and has been responsible for Brachytherapy Business Line Management. He holds a Master of Science degree in Mechanical Engineering from Delft University of Technology and Master of Science degree in General Management from Nyenrode University.

Ms. Caroline Leksell Cooke has been Director of Elekta AB (publ) since August 23, 2017. She holds M.Sc. in Business Administration and Economics from Stockholm University and has studied marketing at Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania and Columbia Business School. She is Board member of the investment committee at Leksell Social Ventures and the chairman of the holding company Bonit Invest S.A./N.V. She has extensive experience in the areas of digital strategy, communication and technology and is currently responsible for major international business activities in her role as industry head at Google.

Mr. Tomas Puusepp has served as Director at Elekta AB (publ) since June 9, 2016. He no longer serves as President, Chief Executive Officer, and Member of the Executive Management at the Company effective as of June 9, 2016. He has held this position since May 13, 2015. He was also Executive Member of the Board of Directors of the Company since May 1, 2014. He had been Member of the Board since September 3, 2013. He also previously served as President, Chief Executive Officer and Member of the Executive Management of the Company from May 1, 2005 until May 1, 2014. Previously, he was also Acting Executive Vice President (EVP) of Europe, Africa, Latin America and Middle East at the Company from June 5, 2012 until September 1, 2012. He joined the Company in 1988. He has held various positions within the Company, including Head of Elekta's neurosurgery operations, President of Elekta's subsidiary in North America and Global Head of Elekta's sales, marketing and service operations. He has 30 years of experience in international medical technology. He held various positions at the Research Institute for Atomic Physics, Scanditronix and Ericsson before joining the Company. He is Chairman of the Board of Global Medical Investments GMI AB and Member of the Boards of The Swedish American Chamber of Commerce in New York and Permobil AB. Mr. Puusepp is Electrical Engineer and has studied Physics at Kungliga Tekniska Hogskolan i Stockholm (KTH) and Stockholms Universitet and completed Management Training (IEP) at IMD in Lausanne, Switzerland.

Mr. Luciano Cattani has been Independent Member of the Board of Directors of Elekta AB (publ) since 2008. He also serves as Member of the Company's Executive Compensation & Capability Committee. Formerly, he served as President for EMEA at Stryker Corporation from 2001 to 2004, Group President International at Styrker Corporation from 2005 until 2008 and Executive Vice President International Public Affairs at Styrker Corporation from 2008 until 2010. He was CEO of Eucomed (European MedTech Industry Trade Association) in 2012. He holds a Master of Science degree in Economics from the University of Rome (Universita degli Studi di Roma).

Ms. Annika Espander Jansson has been Independent Director at Elekta AB (publ) since September 1, 2015. She is Member of Audit Committee. She is also Member of the Board in Lifco AB, Esperio AB and Asperia AB. Annika Espander Jansson has 25 years’ experience as an advisor and investor, as well as from executive positions within the financial markets, among others from Handelsbanken, Enskilda Securities, and Catella. She has operational experience from the pharmaceutical industry (Pharmacia) and is currently CEO at Asperia AB. She holds Bachelor of Science in Chemistry from Uppsala University/University of Michigan, and MBA in International Business Management from Uppsala University, Sweden.

Mr. Johan Malmquist has been Independent Director at Elekta AB (publ) since September 1, 2015. He is Member of the Executive Compensation and Capability Committee. He is also Chairman of the Board of Tingstad AB and Arjo AB, as well as Member of the Board of Molnlycke Health Care AB, Dunkerstiftelserna, Chalmers University of Technology Foundation, SCA AB, Trelleborg AB, and Getinge AB. He has experience from the medical technology industry, among others as president and CEO for Getinge AB between 1997 and 2015. Before that, he held various positions within the Getinge group and Electrolux group. He holds Bachelor degree from Stockholm School of Economics.

Dr. Wolfgang Reim has been Independent Member of the Board of Directors of Elekta AB (publ) since 2011. He is Member of the Audit Committee. He has been CEO at DORC B.V. since March 2017. Previously, he was independent consultant focusing on the medical technology industry. Until the end of 2006, he was CEO of Drager Medical AG. At Siemens from 1986 until 2000, he served as President of the Special X Ray Products Division and CEO of the Ultrasound Division among other positions. He is Member of the Boards of GN Store Nord A/S (Denmark), Klingel GmbH (from December 2012) and Medlumics S.L. (from January 2013). He also serves as Chairman of the Board of Ondal Medical Systems GmbH. He holds Master's degree in Natural Sciences and Doctorate in Philosophy degree in Physics from ETH Zurich.

Mr. Jan Secher has served as Independent Member of the Board of Directors of Elekta AB (publ) since 2010. He is also Member of the Company's Audit Committee. He was President and CEO of Perstorp AB from September 2013. Previously President and CEO of Ferrostaal AG from 2010 to 2012, operating partner of the US private equity fund Apollo in London from 2009 to 2010, CEO of Clariant AG in Basel from 2006 to 2008 and CEO of SICPA in Lausanne from 2003 to 2005. Before that, he held various leading positions in the ABB Group during the years from 1982 to 2002. He also serves as Chairman of the Board of Directors of Peak Management AG. He is Board Member of The European Chemical Industry Council from October 2014 and IKEM (Innovation and Chemical Industries in Sweden). Mr. Secher holds a Master of Science degree in Industrial Engineering and Management from Linkoping University (Linkopings universitet).

Ms. Birgitta Stymne Goransson has been Independent Member of the Board of Directors of Elekta AB (publ) since 2005. She also serves as Chairman of the Company's Audit Committee. Ms. Stymne Goransson was President and CEO of Memira Group 2010 to 2013, CEO of Semantix Group 2005 to 2009, and COO/CFO of Telefos 2001 to 2005. Before that, she held various managerial positions, including Ahlens AB, Gambro and McKinsey & Co. She is also Board chairman of HL Display and Fryshuset Foundation and Board member of Pandora AS, Capio AB, Rhenman & Partners Asset Management AB, Midsona AB and Sportamore AB. Ms. Stymne Goransson holds a Master of Science degree in Chemical Engineering and Biotechnology from Kungliga Tekniska Hogskolan - KTH from 1982 and a Master of Business Administration degree from Harvard University from 1988.

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